# Free TLS with  Caddy Web Server on AWS EC2 with Let's Encrypt

## Overview

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In this tutorial we will see how to deploy a static website on AWS EC2 using Caddy web server with automatic HTTPS certificates from Let's Encrypt.                                                                                                                                                                                                             &#x20;

&#x20;What you'll build:                                                                                                        &#x20;

&#x20;• Complete AWS infrastructure (VPC, subnet, security groups, EC2 instance)

&#x20;• DNS configuration via Route 53

&#x20;• Caddy web server with automatic HTTPS

&#x20;• Static website accessible via custom subdomain

&#x20;• Production ready setup with HTTP to HTTPS redirect

all in less than 10 min

## How Stakpak Helps?

You don't need to know anything about networking, or AWS or Caddy to sit it up, you dont need to go through documentation or Google commands

## Step by Step Guide

### Prerequisites

1. [Install Stakpak](/docs/get-started/install-stakpak.md)
2. Open your terminal and type "stakpak"
3. Cloud provider credentials configured

### Turorial

1. Then ask Stakpak to "install caddy on Ubuntu on EC2 "
2. It will start by checking the AWS creds and region

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6. it will create&#x20;
   1. Internet Gateway
   2. &#x20;Attach Internet Gateway to VPC
   3. &#x20;Create a public subnet
   4. Create a route table with an internet route
   5. Create security group (ports 22, 80, 443)
   6. Generate SSH key pair
7. Now it will create the EC2 instance&#x20;
8. Now we drink coffee while the EC2 instance starts
9. Now it will set the DNS and install Caddy, and test it

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## Now it's working🥳

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## Extra Resources:

### References

* [Install Stakpak](/docs/get-started/install-stakpak.md)
* [EC2 Documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/)
* [VPC Documentation](mailto:undefined)
* [Route 53 Documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/route53/)
* [Caddy Documentation](https://caddyserver.com/docs/)


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